CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 10 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good afternoon. Thanks for joining us. I'm joined by the Deputy PM, Richard Marles, and the Home Affairs Minister, Tony Burke. When it comes to the generational opportunity that artificial intelligence offers Australia, I've been very clear. Our task is to make sure that we shape AI rather than AI shape us. It will have a drastic impact on the way that work occurs, on the way that we engage with each other, on the way that society functions. You can't turn it off and pretend it hasn't happened or it isn't happening, but what you can do is make sure that you shape it in Australia's interests. And that's why in July ...